Shemon Bar Sabbae

Shemon Bar Sabbae (243-341 AD) was Patriarch of the East from 329 to 341, succeeding Papa the Holy and preceding Shahdost.

Biography
Shemon Bar Sabbae was the son of an Assyrian fuller, and he was made coadjutor bishop under Papa the Holy in 316 AD, succeeding him as Patriarch of the East in 329 AD. He was later accused by the Sassanid Persians of being a friend and spy of the Roman emperor, and Shemon and several thousand priests, bishops, and faithful were beheaded on the orders of Shapur II after refusing to convert to Zoroastrianism.